Insights

Switzerland has run an almost perfect economy, with low debt and sensible budgets, but this impressive track record has come back to hurt them.

New data calls into question the assumption that China's slowdown necessitates large-scale stimulus. Even if Beijing chooses this path, it's unlikely to work as intended.

Google's wearable spectacle was always a product looking for market but is the Glass gone for good?

Regardless of the knee-jerk reaction to European quantitative easing, any stimulus package will put the euro under pressure over the medium term.

Instead, an electric vehicle innovation centre, with a state government incentive, could prepare Australia for an unsubsidised electric car conversion industry.

Here's a prediction. By 2017, the single biggest way in which digital technology will annoy people is through intrusive and annoying algorithmic automation.

European investors ignored the slump in Chinese shares to hit seven-year highs, while Chinese economic growth numbers will be closely watched by local investors.

ANZ Bank looks to offload its Esanda car financing operation, while suitors circle Carter Holt Harvey Building Supplies.

Someone needs to tell the Treasurer that there's a big difference between average and marginal income tax rates. His latest gaffe isn't doing his credibility any favours.

The ECB's QE program is yet another policy designed to provide liquidity to the European economy. But liquidity isn't the problem.

Younger Australians have found their own solution to a hot property market -- it just hasn't shown up in the stats.

Despite a positive macro outlook, investors are starting the year with several worries.

The diagnostic imaging company has announced its second acquisition in two months.

The franchise operator's strong headline numbers flatter its underlying performance.

The direct losses for Germany and other euro-area countries would likely be much larger if Greece were to exit the eurozone than if it stays.

Despite the Abbott axe of 2014, the hottest year on record, solar demand that refuses to die, a strong overseas renewable energy industry and the pressure of Paris give cause for optimism in 2015.